Quotes About Children

Our children do not need a makeover, they just need to be understood. If you understand their emotional needs now, you can save them a lifetime of searching for what they never had as a child.

I'm a teacher. A teacher is someone who leads. There is no magic here. I do not walk on water. I do not part the sea. I just love children.

If kids come to us from strong, healthy functioning families, it makes our job easier. If they do not come to us from strong, healthy, functioning families, it makes our job more important.

Life affords no greater responsibility, no greater privilege, than the raising of the next generation

Many teachers think of children as immature adults. It might lead to better and more 'respectful' teaching, if we thought of adults as atrophied children.

Misdirected focus on paperwork, on procedures, and on bureaucracy frustrates teachers and fails to give children the education they need.

If children are apparently unable to learn, we should assume that we have not as yet found the right way to teach them.

A modern teacher educates children to value their emotions.

Most naughtiness arises because the children are bored and lack a relationship with the teacher.

For the mother is and must be, whether she knows it or not, the greatest, strongest and most lasting teacher her children have.

Teachers, who educate children, deserve more honour than parents, who merely gave them birth; for the latter provided mere life, while the former ensure a good life.

Teach love, generosity, good manners and some of that will drift from the classroom to the home and who knows, the children will be educating the parents.

Children copy their parents, friends, and teachers. They will develop the habits of the people around them. So if you want your child to be honest, peaceful and happy you should be that way first.

As a retired educator I have seen first-hand the impact a great education can have on a young person's life. I will always be a champion for public schools, our teachers, and our children.

The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn.

Proper history teaching is being crushed under the weight of play-based pedagogy which infantilises children, teachers and our culture.

There's a lot of talk these days about giving children self-esteem. It's not something you can give; it's something they have to build.

As a former high school teacher, I know that investing in education is one of the most important things we can do, not only for our children, but for the benefit of our whole community.

The example of parents is the greatest teacher. Parents must stand out as models of happiness to their children.

Children should be led into the right paths, not by severity, but by persuasion.

Some teachers just have a knack for working with autistic children. Other teachers do not have it.

We should have high expectations of our children, but politicians should not tell teachers how to meet them.

Since the conception of our country, America has held that parents, not schools, teachers, and certainly not courts, hold the primary responsibility of educating their children.

Common sense tells us that we should focus our resources to benefit children, teachers and taxpayers by keeping dollars in the classroom.